Flannery calls for tougher CSG rules

Scientist
Tim Flannery
has called for tougher regulation of the coal seam gas and mining industries in NSW.

Professor Flannery said the CSG industry had left regional landholders in a “shocking situation" in some cases.

“This industry is facing a very severe backlash from rural Australia," he told ABC Radio Newcastle yesterday.

“There have been very poor practices and very poor relations with people on the land."

Professor Flannery’s comments came after The Australian newspaper reported that he supported the CSG and mining industries in an address to the NSW Minerals Council environmental conference in Wollongong on Monday.